Eighteen ingenious children's wall decor concepts
18 Creative and Budget-Friendly DIY Wall Art Ideas for Children's Rooms
Bring a touch of creativity and personalisation to your child's room with these easy and budget-friendly DIY wall art projects. Suitable for kids, these projects range from simple paper crafts to more involved wall installations.
- Pipe Cleaner Spider Wall Art Transform paper plates and pipe cleaners into 3D spiders that your child can decorate and hang on the walls.
- Origami Hearts Display Fold colorful origami hearts and arrange them artistically on a wall canvas or frame for a charming heart collage.
- Custom Bedroom Door Signs Paint and decorate chalkboard signs with watercolor paint and ribbon to personalise bedroom doors. These signs are changeable and reusable, offering a fun way to express your child's personality.
- Rock Painting Gallery Encourage your child to paint rocks with faces or designs, then arrange them as wall-mounted shadow boxes or place them near display shelves for a unique and engaging display.
- Minion Pencil Holder Art Craft fun minion faces on pencils with foam paper and googly eyes, then mount a holder decorated with these on the wall for a whimsical addition to your child's room.
- Ice Cream Stick Wall Hangings Transform popsicle sticks into geometric or floral hangings decorated with flowers, mirrors, or paint to brighten your child's room.
- Paper Flower Wall Decor Create simple paper flowers from colored paper and attach them on a wall canvas or string to make a colorful floral display.
- Handprint Canvas Art Trace and paint children's handprints on a canvas in fun patterns or shapes for a sentimental keepsake to hang.
- Framed Children’s Drawings Collage Collect your child's favourite drawings, frame them in a grid or eclectic style to create a gallery wall that celebrates their creativity.
- String Art Shapes On a wooden board, arrange nails in shapes (like hearts or stars) and wrap colorful thread around to make striking string art.
- Chalkboard Wall Sections Paint a wall section with chalkboard paint and let your child draw and erase as they like, turning their drawings into an evolving wall art.
- Silhouette Cutout Gallery Cut your child's silhouettes from black paper and mount them on colorful backgrounds for a striking framed wall display.
- Fabric Collage Boards Use scraps of your child's old clothes or fabric to create textured collages on canvas or boards for tactile and colorful art.
- Nature Collages Let your child gather leaves, flowers, and twigs, then arrange and glue them artistically on a sturdy board to create natural-themed wall art.
- Photo and Art Clipboards Wall Mount clipboards on the wall to easily switch out your child's artwork or photos, keeping the display fresh and dynamic.
- Alphabet Art Frames Frame each letter of the alphabet decorated by your child and hang them in sequence for an educational and decorative wall feature.
- 3D Paper Animals or Characters Cut and fold paper to make 3D shapes like animals or favourite characters, then fix them onto canvas or directly on walls for a playful touch.
- Sticker and Washi Tape Frames Use colourful washi tape and stickers to create interchangeable picture frames on walls that your child can decorate and change themselves.
These projects can be adapted to materials you have at home or easy-to-find craft supplies. For visual step-by-step tutorials, check out [2][3][5]. If you're looking for premium, gallery-quality artwork ideas to complement these DIY projects, curated kids’ wall decor collections [4] offer plenty of inspiration.
These ideas promote creativity, personalisation, and easy display of your child's artwork, making their space more vibrant and meaningful while involving them in decorating their rooms.
- Enhance the wall art in your child's room by creating printables of your child's favorite 3D animals or characters made from paper, adding a personalized touch to the decor.
- Transform a wall section in your home-and-garden inspired home into a lifestyle statement by displaying a collage of your child's nature-themed art, carefully arranged flowers, leaves, and twigs mounted on a sturdy board.
